In the past few days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's three-day visit to China has come to an end. As expected by the outside world, when you come, it is deserted, and when you leave, it is even more deserted. There was only one US ambassador to China who saw off the airport on the spot, and it was hard to say that he was limited by his duties, so he had no choice but not to come. After all, in the past few days, Blinken has played a two-faced trick in front of China, and such a result is purely self-inflicted.
If you usually pay attention to China's diplomacy, you should know it. Blinken's visit to China, including Yellen's visit to China, went directly to Beijing last year, directly met with mainland officials, and then held consultations and communications. This time, both Blinken and Yellen made Shanghai their first stop, and took time to meet with local companies and capital.
To put it mildly, for a long time, the Western media's smearing and vilification of China on its own land has interfered with and influenced the US government's perception of China. Even those who provide intelligence to the White House are human beings and have subjective impressions and perceptions. In particular, these people who have been bribed by the United States have serious "conversion fanaticism." The report that Blinken and Yellen and others get every day is that China is going to collapse. Therefore, it is necessary to go to Shanghai in person, contact with the company, and see the real situation.
But even so, the choice of diplomatic strategy still retains a large range of room for sequelae. For example, after coming to Beijing, Blinken and China reached a five-point consensus. In accordance with the content of the previous dialogues between the two heads of state, China will continue to develop China-US relations, maintain high-level contacts and resume cooperation between the two countries at all levels, continue consultations on international affairs, such as the Asia-Pacific, ocean, and climate issues, maintain people-to-people and cultural exchanges without suppressing the Chinese student community, and maintain communication on issues of international focus.
As a result, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs just issued a notice that Blinken was out of the venue, and he turned his face at the press conference and did two things. At the press conference, Blinken threatened that if China does not resolve Sino-Russian relations, then the United States will do. As we analyzed before Blinken's visit to China, Blinken's number one goal is to threaten China to abandon friendly relations with Russia. This is clearly unrealistic and impossible.
Why would Blinken do this? Because you can't do it. Because Blinken came from the United States, in essence, he was doing a political task, which was to take into account the "decency" of his hegemonic empire. But the problem is that at the time of the conversation, Blinken did not ask for any favors. The five-point consensus between China and the United States, even if Blinken does not come, there will be no more changes. The game between China and the United States has been going on for so many years, and both sides are talking about these five points, but they have never been able to implement how to do it. It is equivalent to saying that Blinken did nothing else this time except for a business trip at public expense and a few meals of Chinese food. At the meeting, the mainland foreign minister also threw an eight-word answer "self-confidence, openness, prosperity and development." These eight words are almost a satire of the current situation in the United States. Therefore, when Blinken comes out, he must turn his face and say something about "holding a gun with a stick". Because if you don't turn your face, you won't be able to make a difference to the country.
In short, the current US diplomatic strategy has been hijacked by extreme sentiment and an anti-China political environment. If you don't do this, you won't be able to pass this hurdle in China. Then everything goes into a vicious circle. Blinken's own prestige at home is also insufficient, let alone against the domestic political environment. came and went, and it became the current virtue. Neither can open the situation, but also cannot complete the task. At the end, he had to perform a clumsy two-faced and three-faced knife on the spot in China, and then he was ridiculed by Chinese public opinion, and finally ran away with an unhappy face. Failure and exit is an inevitable result.